(HBO) – Bich Ha Port, located in the left bank of Hoa Binh Lake in Thai Thinh commune of Hoa Binh city, is one of the important facilities serving the transportation of goods from the city to communes bordering the lake and Son La province.

However, the port’s infrastructure has degraded after years of being used. Without a dock, tourists still have to move along natural paths, which is unsafe. Meanwhile, boats carrying goods and tourists haven’t had their own areas to operate at the port.



In the province’s port development plan until 2020, Bich Ha Port will be upgraded to meet the requirements for the Hoa Binh Lake area to become a national tourism site.

Problems of ports and wharves along the Da River will be addressed soon when the provincial People’s Committee issued a plan on the development of local ports until 2020. Bich Ha Port is set to be upgraded to serve both goods and tourist transportation when Hoa Binh Lake becomes a national tourism site.

Nguyen Ba Nhu, head of the transportation division at the provincial Department of Transport, said the Prime Minister’s approval of a plan on building the Hoa Binh Lake National Tourism Site is a big favourable condition for Hoa Binh province to tap its tourism potential.

On May 31, 2017, the provincial People’s Committee approved a development plan for inland ports in Hoa Binh until 2020. Accordingly, some existing ports will be improved while three ports in the downstream area of the Hoa Binh hydropower plant will be developed. Of which, Hoa Binh Port in the right bank of the Da River will specialise in loading goods. Another specialised port will be developed in the left bank of the Da River, where a cement factory used to be located. The third port in Thinh Lang ward will serve mixed purposes.

While Bich Ha Port will be upgraded to cater for both goods and tourist transportation, Thung Nai Port will be expanded to serve tourism. Some wharves are also expected to gain a facelift such as Binh Thanh (Cao Phong district), and Bai Sang and Phuc San (Mai Chau district).

Provincial authorities are devising a plan to balance resources for infrastructure investment so as to attract businesses to developing tourism products for the future national tourism site of Hoa Binh Lake./.

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